Turtles in Mead

[lvfishingdude]

i thought i would share this with you since it came up on alan's forum.... there are some massive turtles in mead!

here are a few pics of a huge turtle i caught near our houseboat at echo bay this past summer. Wasn't trying to catch him, but he decided to dive to 39ft and eat my anchovie...lol

look at the claws on this things

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[BillyH]

There are some biggies in there. I spotted one near the marina that looked like a man hole cover with a head....massive.
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[BigE]

[cool]About two years ago my buddy and I had one follow us and try to land on our fins while floattubing.
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[Troylee]

Looks like a red ear slider... prolly some ones pet they released.... I have caught those and them big nasty brown ones at sunset park.... The big brown ones are mean man I had to cut the line haha...
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[OfficerMilo]

I think that turtle mistakened your fins for another turtle if you know what I mean
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[chizzle]

@Troy

its a soft shelled turtle, I caught a huge red eared slider in sunset back in 2008. Was fishing for catfish using shrimp and ended up catching it instead. Took me a while to get the hook out b/c i forgot to bring pliers.
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[gnelson651]

Last year I caught a snapping turtle at Floyd Lamb using meal worms for bluegill. It was small and I hooked it in the corner of the mouth. Fortunately I did bring pliers so I grabbed the shank of the hook and with a quick snap of the wrist it was gone.
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[lvfishingdude]

the turtle in my pictures is a leatherback turtle. when i was little someone told me they were called texas softback turtles..... but the real name for them is leatherback turtle
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[syncityangler]

I heard those soft shelled turtles make good soup.[sly] is it legal to take one if caught on your line? I believe there was a thread about eating turtles a while back. anyone try them yet? [fishon]
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[TheWhizzle]

I was shore fishing in the wash a few years back, and over the course of the day, my friend and I must have landed 7 or 8 big turtles.

As I was unhooking one, an Asian dude ran up and asked for it. I had no problem dropping it in his cooler, and he was happy as a clam.

Hope I wasn't breaking any laws.... I'm sure they are a no-take species or something.
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[lvfishingdude]

i looked in the ndow fishing guidelines book and there isn't anything about turtles in there.... i think they are fair game
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